There have been almost as many premature deaths in Crimea as a result of rapidly rising mortality rates on the Ukrainian peninsula since the Russian Anschluss as there have been combat losses in the Donbas, 9400 compared to 10,000 respectively, Igor Gundarov, an independent medical expert in Moscow says. For the fourth year in a … The post Crimea...

US sanctions against Russia did not lead to a drastic change in the situation in Ukraine, said in an interview with the Kommersant newspaper former US Ambassador to Russia, John Tefft. In his opinion, the imposed sanctions proved to be effective against Russia. “And the Russian president, together with a number of other Russian Federation...